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EPHRAM llVLr'lGrUIRE, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS. Leiters Paten NQ. 67,995, ma August 2o, 1867.

IMPROVED GOAL-GHUTE.

'l-O ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EPIIRAM MAGUIRE, of Kewanee,in the county of Henry, and State oli` Illinois, have invented a. new and useful improvement in Coal-Chutes for supplying locomotive tenders, etc.; and I do hereby .declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of a series of chutes constructed' upon my improved plan.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views illustrating themode of operation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. v

To discharge the contents of the chute into the locomotive tender with facility and dispatch is the object ofthis invention; and to this end the. chute is provided with a hinged door, to conductthe coal from the chute to the tender, and also with a hinged door, to guardthe chute at its mouth or discharging end.,.together with accessory devices, so'arranged that the conducting door, in being turned into position for use is made to release the other door and permit the coal to discharge from the chute, a novel provision being made for closing the chute, to adapt the saine to be relled. l y A I In order that others skilled ih the art to which my invention appertains maybe enabled to l'ully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe it in detail.

In thc drawings, A may represent the permanent4 inclined bottom or bed of an ordinary chute. B is a door, which is hinged atb, and provided with side pieces b b', to adapt it, when tur-ned down, as` in figs. 2 and V3, to form a continuation of chute A, for the purpose ofV conducting the coal from the latter to the tender of the locomotive. C is a'door, hung upon hinges at c, and applied for the purpose of'V guarding the mouth or discharging end of the chute. The door C is' held in either its open or closed position by means of the arms D2, one of which is pivoted at either side of' the door C, near the lower en d thereoQ'and each of which is formed with notches o-'and s respectively. The arms D2 pass through slots in the bottom of the chute, as represented.

When the chute is closed, the door B is turned up, A,so asY tooecupy the upright position in which it is seen at B2, fig. 1, in which position it isheld by a pimp, which is passed through an' aperture in? the supporting post and into a. corresponding hole in the lower end of door'B.

To open the chute to permitthe coal to discharge therefrom, the .pinpis withdrawn, and the door B swung down, to form a. continuation ofthe chute, as above described. i That part of the door B which swingsup under the chute A strikes the ends ofthe arms D2, and thereby disengages the notches s from the'stationary catches G,'the arms D2 being thrown upward, as represented by the` dotted lines in iig. 2. The'door C being thus released, is thrown open by the weight of the coal within the chute, and the notches a onl the arms D2 are thereby made` toY engage with the catches G, sd as to retain the door-"C in Vits open "position while the coal descends upon the inclined chute now formed by A and B. Y j

E represents a horizontal bnr, which is hinged at the edge e, and placed directly under and contiguous to the arms D2. The outer end ofthe bar E carries a bent rod, F, to which is attached arope, H, which' is passed over a grooved pulley, I, and allowed to hang so as to be conveniently reached by a person 'standing upon the ground.

The contents of thechnte having been discharged, the rope H is pulled, and the bent rod F thereby made to turn bar E, so as to raise the arms D2 suiiiciently to disengage the notches o from the catches G, when the door' C, being left without support, closes of itself, the notches s taking over the catches G, in orde-r to hold the door firmly in its closed position while the chute is being refilled. The conducting door B is turned into its upright position by hand, and is thus held by the pinp till the chute is to be emptied,as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hinged bar E, rod F, and rope H3 arranged and employeda-s described, in combination with the doors.

B C, notched arms D2, and `catches G, all arranged and operating in the manner and for thev purpose specified.

EPHRAIM MAGUIRE.

Witnesses:

'Groen W. Arwarnn,

J. G. Hurcnms'on, WM. MEALMAN. 

